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Tusk: Brexit would 'change Europe' for the worse

If Britons vote to leave the EU at the June referendum, "that is what will happen," European Council president Donald Tusk told MEPs Wednesday. "It will change Europe forever. And it will be a change for the worse." He said the EU "will respect the decision of the British people".

Central European countries say they have "nothing to hide" on rule of law issues - while justice commissioner Vera Jourova said they should agree to the Commission's controversial budget plans on rule of law conditionality.

Giovanni Buttarelli, the European data protection supervisor, says the EU-US data sharing pact known as Privacy Shield will play an increasingly minor role given the general data protection regulation.